The Infinite World of Weapon Girls

Infinite neutral space.

In the desolate landscape, the weather is calm and the sky is clear. On the boundless desert, however, a fierce and bloodthirsty aura floats endlessly between heaven and earth.

Following the scent of blood, one could see a pile of human corpses torn apart by large, sweeping cuts. Standing atop the pile of corpses was a human over two meters tall, completely encased in chrome-silver full-body armor, wielding a menacing greatsword.

This is the true form of the cursed equipment that brings disaster—The Disaster Armor.

In the nine-year history of the Accelerated World, the Armor of Calamity went through five generations in the first eight years, and then went through five more generations in the year after the Trainer arrived and conquered the Accelerated World...

So this time, it's the Calamity Armor, enhanced by the Tenth Generation!

On the wasteland, more and more people emerged from all directions and gathered together. While they were verbally attacking and writing, they tried their best to cover up the intense greed in their eyes with the anger of seeing their companions die.

Taking advantage of their superior numbers, they quickly surrounded The Disaster.

Among these are characters created by original Accel World players based on "psychological trauma," such as the "Dark Nebula Legion" led by the Black King and Silver Raven, or the Red King's Solar Prominence Legion.

However, the vast majority are still "new players" with fragile human bodies, yet they are agile, nimble, and have diverse professions. Among them, the most dazzling are Kirito and Asuna's "Black and White Twin Swords Legion".

Originally, Smiling Coffin, which also had Lv9 players, was an incomparably powerful force among new players. However, many of their friends noticed that... for ten consecutive days, none of them had their avatars turned into color.

This legion probably offended a power at the level of the national president; it's probably finished by now—that's what everyone thought.

After tracking down The Disaster, new players and first-generation players formed a task force of several hundred people to destroy the tenth generation of the Armor of Calamity.

Mistin gazed at the chrome-silver The Disaster, which shone with a cold metallic luster, and then glanced at the greedy, throbbing crowd.

It is said that the corpses at the feet of the Armor of Calamity are also bait for human players.

Suddenly, Xiaomi felt sorry for the Armor of Calamity.

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— [The name "Armor of Calamity" was incorrect earlier and has been corrected.]

[197 Magical Girl's Three-Step Approach!]

When the weak and the kind are oppressed, they feel despair, but they also feel anger and hatred.

Grief and desire for revenge may arise from injustices in the world or from the death of loved ones due to one's own involvement.

There are also those who are insecure, who, because they yearn to stand in the same world as the person they admire, will stop at nothing to seize power.

These countless negative factors, such as selfishness, desire, deceit, and hatred, which arise from all sorts of tragedies, are the source of the power of the Armor of Calamity.

Because it is called a calamity, its arrival, those who are possessed by it, what it brings... and itself are all sources of a calamity that defies the heavens and is devastating to the world.

"Young man (young woman), do you... crave power?"

This is the phrase The Disaster (Armor of Calamity) most often uses to lure people into the abyss.

Furthermore, The Disaster's targets are all overclockers who have fallen into dire straits for various reasons. With nowhere to retreat, some of them are devoured by disaster in pursuit of power... and few are able to hold onto the goodness in their hearts and not be harmed by darkness... after all, the reason they are driven to despair is that some beauty in their hearts has been destroyed.

But in the face of today's calamity, is holding onto good intentions really useful?

Li Ren is an overclocker who, even in despair, refuses to succumb to darkness.

Because his subordinates betrayed him and secretly conspired with others to "infinitely EK" (being camped and killed in the infinite neutral space) him, just to obtain a certain piece of equipment he was wearing, he escaped death because of the sudden scene change in the infinite neutral space.

Of course he wanted to go back and kill them. There was nothing more humiliating than being cuckolded by one's own offspring, but his strength was far from enough to kill that adulterous couple.

"Young man, do you... crave power?"

In the dark city of Shanghai, Li Ren, dressed in rags and on the run, suddenly heard this voice in his mind.

"...Who is it?!"

Faced with the voice that suddenly rang in his mind, Li Ren panicked slightly, but quickly calmed down. Recalling the rumors about cursed equipment circulating in the Accelerated World, a look of disgust flashed in his eyes as he asked warily, "...You are, The Disaster!?"

“…No…I’m not…” it uttered weakly.

"Get out! Get out of my body!"

Li Ren ignored the mysterious voice's explanation and instead roared, trying his best to expel it from his mind.

"Since you don't believe me, I'll come out and show you..."

Its voice was neither male nor female, and it was also human-like and full of grievances. As soon as it finished speaking, a strange milky white halo appeared on Li Ren's body. This milky white halo was like a new hope in the darkness, full of dreams.

Li Ren was immediately drawn to it.

"Can The Disaster emit such a sacred light?"

"Then who are you?!"

"I am... Yao Guang"

"What! Yao Guang?!...The most mysterious of the seven legendary treasures of the Accelerated World?!!"

"To be precise, I am merely the spirit of Yao Guang. The Yao Guang Blade has been destroyed, so as a spirit, I must reside in a person of upright character and pure heart, awaiting the day when the vessel is reforged... You happen to meet my requirements, yearning for power yet remaining uncorrupted by darkness. Therefore, promise me that after obtaining my power, you must never use it for evil or revenge."

Such beautiful white light and warm power can hardly be an armor of disaster, can it?

The mysterious voice filled Li Ren, who was eager to turn the tables, with elation: "Okay! I agree!!...Then, can we begin to conclude the contract?"

"Yes, relax your mind and don't resist..."

"Ok!"

"...Eh?! Ahhhhhh! What...are you doing?! Ahhhhhhh!!!"

The white light emanating from Li Ren suddenly drifted out like a shadow breaking free from its restraints. In a short time, it turned from white to black, as if it had been dyed with thick ink, transforming into a deep black mist.

Black mist floated in mid-air, vaguely forming the face of an innocent young girl. A cold smirk played on her lips, and her eyes radiated an evil far surpassing even that of a demon.

"I'm savoring your fear and anger, hehehe..."

"You're not... Yao Guang! You lied to me! You lied to me!!!"

"Isn't deception a trick that you humans are so accustomed to using?"

"Who...are you...the...Armor of Calamity? -- Uh..."

Having asked the question he most wanted to ask, before he could even receive an answer, Li Ren in the Accelerated World had already completely lost his life, his body, rotten to the ground by darkness, collapsed.

"Armor of Calamity...?"

The black, misty face of a young girl moved slightly, her eyes vacant, as if she were talking to herself, murmuring, "...Who am I—"

"I do not know either……"

"Anyway, it's not the Armor of Calamity..."

The fog dissipated and the sound faded.

A moment later, Li Ren's body was replaced by a huge metal armor with a ferocious-looking black greatsword, standing up from the ground and giving people a terrifying sense of oppression.

Before the fifth generation, the Armor of Calamity at most parasitized those who overclocked, occasionally triggering their killing instincts.

The current Armor of Calamity, however, directly erases the consciousness of the overclocker from the accelerated world, causing them to act under manipulation.

On the broad shoulders of the Armor of Calamity, a wisp of black mist still seemed to float, and this mist was the "Calamity Spirit" that controlled the Armor of Calamity.

It is not the "evil spirit" of the Armor of Calamity, but the evil spirit derived from all negative thoughts!

"The Disaster has struck again, and the mission must begin once more..."

The evil spirit floating on The Disaster's shoulder suddenly sobbed softly, "So...painful..."

"...But it's so unfair that only I am suffering like this! Let's all taste this ultimate evil that has lasted for millions of years, hehehehe...!!!"

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The scene changes.

Hundreds of overclocked wires are surrounding the Armor of Calamity across the wasteland.

Faced with the massive armor that reflected a chilling metallic gleam in the sunlight, no one wanted to be the first to stick their neck out and die, given its long-standing fearsome reputation.

Although "Defeat The Disaster" is a special mission that anyone can accept, only the No.1 team with the highest total damage can complete the mission.

The team has a maximum of eight members, and the output of each person is very important. If the first one to stick out is sent to die, the body of the Armor of Calamity will probably be cold by the time it respawns an hour later.

During the tense standoff.

Violet couldn't help but look around, only to see the Black Sheep Squad next door to the Prominence Legion.

"Hey, what's the meaning of this, you black sheep?" Violet immediately became displeased and said to Seymour from a distance, "Are you really going against the red wolf? Did you come here specifically to steal the boss?"

Before Seulgi could refute, Mistin had already turned around and politely explained, "...No, Violet, we were invited to hunt The Disaster long ago."

"All right……"

The young lady couldn't find fault with Xiaomi's manners, so she could only touch her nose and agree. Then she looked around at the chaotic scene and said, "These people don't have the guts to go up. Otherwise, I'll lead the charge."

"Don't rush, wait a moment!" Asuna, who was in the group, heard this and quickly stopped them.

"Uh...why?"

"Don't engage the monsters randomly... Although we've succeeded in defeating The Disaster every time, we've suffered heavy casualties, and the team that engages the monsters has the highest aggro, making us almost immune to being No. 1."

What are the benefits of being No. 1?

"Besides speed boosts, there are also rare items with a 100% chance of upgrading weapons or outfits! ...See that five-story-high super fortress of the Red King? Her outfit has been upgraded twice."

“Oh…” Violet pouted, “What does that have to do with me?”

"Hey! I've already paid you! You better follow my orders!" Asuna snapped.

"I'll follow your orders, but could you give me a few hundred more of those 100,000 yen shopping cards from last time?"

Seeing Violet's greedy, gleaming eyes, Asuna snapped, "Hey, don't try to raise the price! (My shopping card!)"

However, faced with Violet's willingness to give away gifts at the drop of a hat, Asuna still lost and gritted her teeth, saying, "Fine, I'll give it to you privately after I get No. 1, but don't tell anyone else."

"Okay, deal!"